The street named here was where the White friars used to enter Hull in the middle ages (Hull’s history of inter-monastic handbags would shock the unwary reader) and I use mendicants as a hint towards beggars and poverty-vow monks – and we have no monks now but plenty of beggars
The “mendicants” seals this.
I can relate to this as I walk down Cricklewood Broadway at night.
phew, Bhi, I’d forgotten all about this one, 🙂
The street named here was where the White friars used to enter Hull in the middle ages (Hull’s history of inter-monastic handbags would shock the unwary reader) and I use mendicants as a hint towards beggars and poverty-vow monks – and we have no monks now but plenty of beggars